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yourself how did that come to be how did that originate I mean I would say it was kind of it was definitely like gradual process I think my biggest pivot moment was shout out to Dane Schmidt Jordan Schmidt who's a big songwriter and buddy of mine I've written a lot of my stuff with I know Dane called me when he was still working for Tree Vibes. Okay.
And was like... Which is Tyler... FGL's publishing company. And he was like, hey, the guys have been hearing your name a little bit around. I had nothing. Still nothing. And they were like, they would love for you to... You hadn't been cut yet. Hell no. Dude, I had... At that point, I had...
And was like... Which is Tyler... FGL's publishing company. And he was like, hey, the guys have been hearing your name a little bit around. I had nothing. Still nothing. And they were like, they would love for you to... You hadn't been cut yet. Hell no. Dude, I had... At that point, I had...
goose egg cuts i had nothing dude but they i you know a lot of times i mean i see a lot of writers that they they won't have the cuts but they get momentum and they're a good writer and it just it just hasn't happened and that's what was happening to me so they had me out on the road and and i wrote with them and i think it just kind of you know our hang and just our songs and stuff was enough for them to want to have me back and that that was a big moment for me because then i
goose egg cuts i had nothing dude but they i you know a lot of times i mean i see a lot of writers that they they won't have the cuts but they get momentum and they're a good writer and it just it just hasn't happened and that's what was happening to me so they had me out on the road and and i wrote with them and i think it just kind of you know our hang and just our songs and stuff was enough for them to want to have me back and that that was a big moment for me because then i
You know, back then they were all Big Loud. Well, Big Machine label, but Big Loud management just covered up. So then I met Seth England. Seth was out there, you know, and we started hanging. And then through Seth and just through kind of being now intertwined in the Big Loud camp, this kid named Morgan Wallen comes around. And so Seth is like, hey, would you write with Morgan?
You know, back then they were all Big Loud. Well, Big Machine label, but Big Loud management just covered up. So then I met Seth England. Seth was out there, you know, and we started hanging. And then through Seth and just through kind of being now intertwined in the Big Loud camp, this kid named Morgan Wallen comes around. And so Seth is like, hey, would you write with Morgan?
I'm like, yeah, absolutely. Morgan comes to my house, you know. And then out on the road, they have Ernest, who was a rapper back in the day. And he went by Snow, but he would write country songs.
I'm like, yeah, absolutely. Morgan comes to my house, you know. And then out on the road, they have Ernest, who was a rapper back in the day. And he went by Snow, but he would write country songs.
And, uh, so he would come out and, and, uh, anyway, just, just, but that it was that early stages of like me riding with and for FGL that really kind of, that was the center of the spider web and everything just sort of started to come, come together after that.
And, uh, so he would come out and, and, uh, anyway, just, just, but that it was that early stages of like me riding with and for FGL that really kind of, that was the center of the spider web and everything just sort of started to come, come together after that.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My first time ever on a moving tour bus was, God, dude, it was Nashville to freaking Hartford. Oh, geez. So we left at like 6 p.m. and rolled up. We had two drivers and we rolled up at like, you know, 10 a.m. the next morning or something crazy like that. That's wild, man.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My first time ever on a moving tour bus was, God, dude, it was Nashville to freaking Hartford. Oh, geez. So we left at like 6 p.m. and rolled up. We had two drivers and we rolled up at like, you know, 10 a.m. the next morning or something crazy like that. That's wild, man.
I did.
I did.
Yeah, yeah, man. I was on what I think is the most legendary FGL tour they had. It was them. Dan and Shay was direct support. Morgan was second of four, and I was first of four.
Yeah, yeah, man. I was on what I think is the most legendary FGL tour they had. It was them. Dan and Shay was direct support. Morgan was second of four, and I was first of four.
Yeah, that was an awesome tour. And yeah, I had been writing songs for them for a couple of years.
Yeah, that was an awesome tour. And yeah, I had been writing songs for them for a couple of years.
well Up Down was yours right Up Down was mine that was my first number one really one of my still one of my first cuts great fucking song thank you dude I love it thank you so much but they you know at that point I had been talked into doing the artist thing and was a little apprehensive but that was like who talked you into that T-Hub was one of them, actually. Tyler Hubbard was one.